New Chaplain installed
Monday 3 August
Trinity College has welcomed a new Chaplain. The Revd Dr Andreas Loewe was commissioned last evening by the Warden and Archbishop Philip Freier at the first Choral Evensong for Semester II, having arrived just a few days ago with his wife, poet and academic Dr Katherine Firth, from Cambridge in the UK.
The Revd Dr Andreas Loewe (left) being congratulated by the Warden, the Revd Dr Andrew McGowan, during the installation ceremony
Andreas has been Associate Vicar of Great St Mary’s, Cambridge, UK, and Chaplain of Michaelhouse, a centre which combined aspects of Church life with an award-winning café and gallery. He has also been a member of the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge and a secretary of the Ecumenical Forum for Young Theologians, an international association for lay and ordained ministers from all denominations.
The Warden, the Revd Dr Andrew McGowan, who spoke at the installation, said Andreas and Katherine's arrival at Trinity was a reminder that Anglicans inhabit a small world.
‘Having first met them in the USA, and having worked with Andreas' mother there and Katherine's parents in Western Australia, I can't help but see Andreas and Katherine's arrival as a reminder of the gifts and talents a College like Trinity keeps receiving from all parts of the world, as well as all parts of the Church. Both the College and the Church must view themselves against that widest possible horizon.’
Rev Dr Andreas Loewe with the Archbishop of Melbourne, the Most Reverend Dr Philip Freier, who presided over the installation
Andreas said: ‘I am excited to be working as part of a strong team of chaplaincy staff, and very much look forward to getting to know students, staff and regular worshippers at the College Chapel’.
Andreas and his wife Dr Katherine Firth were delighted with the excellent support from students, staff and the wider Church in Victoria at Sunday’s service: ‘ My wife and I have been made very welcome at Trinity. We hope to extend a similarly broad welcome in Chapel, and at our many Chaplaincy events.’
As College Chaplain, Andreas’ work will centre on the residential College community, and he will also lead the liturgical life of the Chapel and the wider Chaplaincy team at Trinity, working with Foundation Studies Chaplain the Revd Kim Cruickshank and Associate Chaplain in the residential College, the Revd Dr Dorothy Lee. The Revd Dr Tim Gaden will continue as Dean of the Theological School.